December 21, 1983
The President today announced the appointments of Robert M. Kimmitt and Donald R. Fortier as
Deputy Assistants to the President for National Security Affairs, and William F. Martin as Special
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and Deputy Executive Secretary of the
National Security Council.
Mr. Kimmitt, Executive Secretary and General Counsel of the NSC, has served since May 1983
as Special Assistant to the President for National Securitry Affairs. Prior to that time he was NSC
Director of Legislative Affairs and Security Assistance. He is a graduate of the U.S. Military
Academy at West Point and Georgetown University Law Center.
Mr. Fortier, NSC Senior Director for Policy Development, has served since May 1983 as NSC
Senior Director of Political-Military Affairs and Special Assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs, and prior to that as NSC Director of Western European and NATO Affairs. He
had previously served as Deputy Director of the State Department Policy Planning Staff, on the
House Foreign Affairs Committee staff, and the Rand Corp. He is a graduate of Miami University
and the University of Chicago.
Mr. Martin previously served as NSC Director of International Economic Affairs. He has also
held posts at the State Department, the International Energy Agency of the Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
He holds degrees from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and MIT.
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Robert C. McFarlane announced today the
designation of Capt. Thomas C. Shull, U.S. Army, as his military assistant. Captain Shull has
served since June 1983 as NSC Deputy Executive Secretary. He previously served as a White
House fellow. He is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and the Harvard
Business School.